Job details

Job requirements

Education: College certificate/ Diploma
Experience: 2-3 Years
Skills:

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• College/CEGEP

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

On site

 Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• At heights
• Dangerous
• Confined spaces

Work setting

• Installation
• Urban area
• Maintenance
• Rural area
• On-site customer service
• Repair
• Telecommunications company
• Testing
• Various locations
• Service
• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Inspect and test cable signals and associated equipment
• Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
• Read blueprints to determine work requirements
• Repair cable signals
• Complete and maintain test and service reports
• Determine nature, cause and location of trouble
• Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
• Connect, disconnect and relocate cable outlets
• Install cable modems and software to enable Internet access
• Repair or replace faulty cables, power suppliers and amplifiers
• Splice, join and connect wires
• Repair or replace defective telephone equipment

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Working at heights training
• CPR Certificate
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
• Air Brake (Z) Endorsement

Job Description:

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Coaxial line
• Fibre optics
• Copper
• Aerial and underground cable lines
• Amplifiers
• Converters
• Splitters

Specialization or experience

• Specialized environmental skills and knowledge

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Drug test
• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Own transportation
• Willing to travel
• Travel expenses paid by employer
• Willing to travel for extended periods

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Handling heavy loads
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Tools
• Safety equipment/gear
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat
• Safety glasses/goggles
• Safety harness

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Initiative
• Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

• Health care plan

Financial benefits

• Gasoline paid
• Mileage paid
• Night shift premium

Long term benefits

• Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer

Employment groups 

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees

Support for youths

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

Support for Veterans

• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans